Shinedown - 45 (Official Video) [HD]

The official YouTube channel of multi-platinum rock band: Shinedown. The group signed with Atlantic Records in 2001, releasing six studio albums including Billboard Top 10 double-platinum LP 'The Sound of Madness,' gold-certified 'Amaryllis,' gold-certified 'Threat To Survival,' and their most recent release, 'ATTENTION ATTENTION.'

Beyond sold out headline gigs worldwide and numerous festival headlining sets, Shinedown has been nominated for an American Music Award and Billboard Music Awards. The group has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide, has 11 platinum and gold singles, such as triple-platinum “Second Chance,” three #1 anthems “Bully,” “Unity,” and “Enemies,” and “GET UP,” “45," and "Devil." They have achieved four platinum and gold albums and averages more than 3.3 million monthly listeners on Spotify as one of the most listened-to rock bands on the platform with over 600 million streams, contributing to their more than 1 billion total overall streams to date.

[DerekClark-cmgr]

When i was 17 my life was just too much to bare, I lost my dad six years earlier, I never had any friends and was bullied every day in school. I had taken the S&W .45 my father left me, stole a bottle of Whiskey and was sitting in my car down a back road... That was the only time that gun had ever jammed and didn't fire. 22 years later I have two sons and the sweetest little angel. I know my dad stepped down from God's grace and said he wasnt ready for me to join him that night. This song hits so hard, and i just pray none of my children ever truly understand how deep this song and how close we were in never meeting. I love you dad, I miss you every day. But i know you saved me that night, I just wish you could meet your grandkids. Dennis is a spitting image of you and he is named after the greatest man who I've ever known... You

[chrisfaulkner]

I'm 54 now and been listening to Shinedown since they started. It's funny that when you are happy you hear a When you are broken you hear the lyrics. Thank you to this band for getting me through some rough times in my life.

[richardbarton]

I walked my son's casket out of the church in December 2019 with this very song playing. We shared a love for music and good whiskey. We sat on a hill in May of 2018 and sang along to this with Shine Down at River Riot. Tomorrow is the second anniversary of his passing and I miss him everyday. Don't take life for granted as it is too short and fragile. Rest in peace son.

[mattpomeroy]

The lyrics are like emotional razors. I find it amazing how the dark lyrics shed light on something EVERYONE knows about, but no one likes to talk about. An epidemic that has claimed some of the best and brightest of all generations. This song is a masterpiece.

[nickyru]

My dad was killed in a car accident last month. I know he loved Shinedown and this song. I remember hearing it when I was younger, I’m 23 now and listening to this song makes me remember the good times I had with him and I couldn’t be more thankful for its existence. It helped me get through my worst days recently.

[SpookyTrue]

My son took his own life 2/4/24 I’m broken, I heard this song at a store today and it broke me all over again, I have screamed and cried. I loved my son so damn much. The pain is unbearable 💔

[terryelliott]

My brother and I used to sit together listening to this one, till he learned to play it on his guitar. He died 4 years ago, the day before Thanksgiving 2019, of an infection in both of his lungs. My heart was ripped out the day he passed: I wasn’t ready to let him go….my brother forever🕊

[Elegantegalan]

This is one of the best songs of shinedown of all time... like if you think the same.

[jdbly]

There's just something about this song...it released as I was going through a separation and subsequent divorce and suffering through so many depressing days...it remained on top of my playlist as I transitioned into single life...then also as I met my soulmate and we've been together for 18 years this week. EVERY time I hear it, my eyes tear up because it reminds me of how I came through such a darkness in my life and finally the light broke through. Thank you Shinedown, you will never know me but please know how you helped me with just a single song.

[lerch]

"The will to live, will always outweigh the ability to die."
-Brent Smith's friend

Those that don't understand this song, think it is depressing. Those that get it, realize that this song holds a message of hope.

To everyone still trying to figure out how to unlock the missing puzzle pieces of life... I don't have a solution, but I get it. I'm in tears as I write this, because I have wanted to die almost every day for the last four years, when everything in my life took a turn for the worse. This song is a good reminder that continuing to live is the only way to find those missing pieces... it's the only way to figure out what "happened to the young man's heart."

Life is long, and often painful. Just existing often feels like slamming your head into a concrete wall. Keep fighting. Keep looking for those moments of hope, even when everything looks hopeless. Something as simple as the words of a stranger may contain the key to unlocking the ability to experience joy once again.

I'm not there yet. I'm still stuck in shitty circumstances, and want to die most days of the week. But I at least have a few days here and there, where I can actually smile... and sometimes even laugh. It never becomes a perfect world, but it can become a better world for you.

[MusicDork]

For some reason I hear that chorus, "staring down the barrel of a 45" and I instantly remember that I can never give up...no matter how much I may want to. Music has a way of reminding you that everybody suffers. You can't give up without losing everything. Thank you Shinedown for always reminding me that I still have so much life left to live.

[richardmurray]

I'm 64 years old. I love this song. I pray for all you young people. And I'm going to light one up

[boywgecks]

who's still jamming to this in 2021 🖐

[CULERA]

Forever the best... I was a teenager when this came out and it helped me through anger, addiction, depression and abuse. Thank you Shinedown 💙🖤🔥

[jomahawk]

People always ask me “who’s your favorite band?”

For the longest time, I couldn’t answer. I always said “I just like individual songs”

But then I realized how many of those “individual songs” were from Shinedown. This band, these unbelievably talented guys, have helped me through some of the darkest corners of my life.

Thank you, Shinedown

[sophiaetka]

I almost took my own life today. This song helped pull me out of it. Shinedown is one of my all time favorite bands, coming in second to Breaking Benjamin. But god damn, their music is amazing.

[grizzlyhadley]

This is my anti-suicidal song. Anytime I feel the darkness creep into my soul this breaks it.

[timothyroberts]

To anyone who sees this:
You are needed as a father. You will be missed, don't do it. Live for your children, or, yourself. No one should stare down the barrel of a 45. Survive, contend, preserve. That's all you can rely on in this world. ❤

[andre_uag]

Anyone listening to this masterpiece in 2024??? 😍

[johntaylorsatta]

If you can't live for yourself, live for the ones who love you. Until the ones who love you, help you to live for yourself again. Don't give up my friends.